SuggaD
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How do you get non-Amazon content on the Fire?
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It says on the Nook Tablet product page on the B&N website that 12GB of the 13GB is reserved for B&N content.
This is what it actually says:
1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity may be less. Approximately 13GB available to store content, of which up to 12GB may be reserved for content purchased from the Barnes & Noble NOOK Store. microSD™ or microSDHC™ memory cards sold separately. microSD and microSDHC are trademarks of SD-3C.
I don't have a Nook Color, but the regular Nooks weren't restricted. In any event, you can pop in an SD card.
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The only things that do not go on my credit cards are mortgage, taxes, and my kid's tuition. Every penny that goes on a credit card is a penny earning interest for at least a month. If you get the right cards, you get additional benefits. Most protect you in the case of a dispute with a merchant, some extend your warranty, and many give you some kind of reward for using the card. Christmas is a good time to open a chase account since they often give up to $250 in rewards after meeting a spending threshold. We got out PS3, some peripherals, and a bunch of games this way. I opened an account for the PS3 and she opened one for the other stuff. We paid the balance and closed the account right away (Chase makes their money back on fees). My 'full time cards' are with 1) Discover, 2) Citi (Mastercard), and 3) Kohls.
Discover is terrific to do business with. Once the wife forgot to mail out a payment that included my tuition. They said I was a good customer, forgave the late fee, and refunded the interest. Great people. I use this for $90% of my purchases. I use shop discover to earn 5-20% cash back on online purchases. Some merchants double cash back at Christmas. They also run 5% cash back on groceries, gas, etc. thoughout the year and right now Amazon is 2% bak. When you cash in our rewards, you can get discounted gift cards. Last year, I rolled $600 of rewards into $750 of staples gift cards and bought a couple laptops. Thanks Discover!
Kohls is my second favorite card. They are always having 30% off and free shipping codes when you use their card. Often, this is coupled with 20% back in Kohls Cash. You do not need to carry the card and you can pay your bill in the store.
I have a Citi Mastercard. We use this when Discover is not accepted and for their 5% quarterly promotions. I just got a check from them for $257 that had accumulated in rewards while I wasn't paying attention. A couple years ago, I got an offer to consolidate all of my balances on a 0% card. At the time, I could earn decent money on a money market account, so I did it. Not worth it these days. I did the math once, and my credit cards are worth about $4000 per year in rewards and discounts. That is money I do not pay taxes on, so it represents nearly $6000 I did not have to earn.
So, yeah, I think you should get credit cards if you have the discipline to pay the balance each month. Read the fine print and play by the rules.
Like. I think I will start doing this as well. I usually only get restaurant gift cards that take care of much of our dining out the year. May have to apply for a discover card. Definitely need to start paying all bills with cc.
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This is why I HATE ccs and always carry cash. Who wants to be out at 2 am and some damn computer decides you're suspicious and freezes your account until you can verify it. I don't mind ccs. I just don't use them.
I have a few credit cards, but rarely use them except during the Holidays. I always get a fraud alert. Its a pain, but I am glad the credit card companies are watching out. What I typically do is use another card right then to make the purchase, and call the card company on my way to the next store.
CCs are better than cash, in my opinion for such crowded shopping trips. You are protected if you, unfortunately, get pick-pocketed, etc. Plus, the rewards are nice.
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I don't particularly like rebates, but if an item is a good deal with the rebate, I'll take it. I've never had a problem getting my rebate. I just hate the long wait.
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I have being doing most of my shopping online the past couple years. As my DD usually has a soccer tournament that weekend, I need to be done early. I will visit a few stores, but mostly in store, and won't be buying much anyway. I've done most of my shopping already.
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I remember you were not sure about the fire or nook. One thing they have mentioned on kindle forums that some nook lovers might not know. The storage space on the nook , may be more, but all but 1 gb is reserved for barnes and noble content only. You can't buy a game or movie someplace else and put it on there if it's over 1gb. They don't have a cloud storage, I guess teh 12 gb is it. It makes it much less attractive for a lot of people discussing it.
I believe this is false information designed to sway people against the Nook.
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Haven't followed up yet as haven't been able to log on to site. Will do so today.
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wait. good deals on bf at sporting goods stores. That's how we bought ours a couple years ago for a very good price.
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So turns out I am not cutting back after all. My mother is turning 60 so spending more to send her on her dream vacation to London and Paris. Cut back on spending on DD though and won't buy as much for myself as usual.
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Thanks. Got a pair for DD. She is going to be so surprised as she believes I'd never get her UGGs because of the price. Not crazy about the price, of course, but she is getting older and harder to buy for and these will not go to waste! :-)
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I have no idea. I usually by myself the big items and family buys me smaller things. Not sure this year I want anything big. What I would love is impossible -- more free hours in the day to do the things I love and enjoy the things I already have. lol
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They break quite easily. My 13 yr old daughter hit it too hard and the lcd broke.
DD is rough and has never broken her ipod touch. The key is to always get a hard case, forget all the cutsie rubber cases. The eink tablets however are very fragile, so wouldn't recommend it for a rough kid. DD broke 3 of them!
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What if we started our own GD "angel tree"? There are plenty of GD'ers that could use a helping hand this Christmas. It wouldn't be too hard to set up and run. Dunno if Brad would allow, so that might be one glitch.
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Hi! I am trying to decide between the ipod touch and a kindle fire for an 11yr old. It would really just be for playing games and music. Any suggestions?
Because of the music, I'd go with the ipod touch. I just can't see listening to music being convenient on a device as big as the kindle fire.
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I haven't given it any thought yet. DD is now in middle school, so this year thats 7 teachers + soccer and swim coaches + piano and violin teachers. I usually give all the same thing. May be BBW except for male coach. Good ideas in this thread.
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Ribbons, ribbons, and more ribbons (the wired type). It takes a lot. I go around the tree, though, not vertically. Then we put ornaments on pretty much every branch and towards the center.
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Black Friday!!!
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Allen/Plano/Frisco
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Have you thought about the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet.? My 14 year old is very excited about it. Any music or media you buy from amazon is stored free in the cloud so no need for a huge storage. It's 199 right now on preorder and they are selling 50,000 a day. It is going to be a huge item at xmas time. I preordered my son's within 5 minutes of the link going live. It has lots of apps and stuff like the Ipod would and is more affordable than a laptop.
The Kindle Fire is not ideal as a portable media player because if you are not connected to wifi, you won't have cloud access and 8GB hard drive space is very limiting.
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32 GB is the way to go.
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I respectfully disagree...I think people who spent their money on an iPad might be disappointed when they see their friend's Fire does 90% of what the iPad does for several HUNDRED dollars less.
They both surf the web and do email.
They both play movies, music, games and read books.
The Kindle doesn't have a camera or microphone and thus can't do video chat.
But the Kindle reportedly has a much better interface with their customized version of Android.
The Kindle is easier to carry around and hold with one hand.
Oh, and did I mention IT COSTS A FRACTION OF WHAT AN IPAD DOES? :)
Believe me, I'm the first person to say the iPad is an awesome little tool.
But its WAY overpriced for what 95% of people use it for.
I absolutely see this as a valid (perhaps smarter) alternative to the iPad for the vast majority of consumers. Is it better than the iPad? No. Does it do everything the iPad does? No. If I already had an iPad, would I replace it with a Fire? No - well....maybe....if I could get someone to buy my iPad off me for more than the cost of a new Fire I might. But does it do everything that 95% of iPad users do on their iPads? Absolutely. So to me, for 95% of people considering buying an iPad out there, they could buy this instead and be perfectly happy. In fact they'd most likely be more than perfectly happy since they saved themselves HUNDREDS of dollars.
90% of the functionality for 40% (or less) of the cost? Smells like a deal to me.
Now, when Siri makes its way to the iPad....that might prove interesting...
I agree. I wish this were out a few months ago. I would have gotten DD12 the Fire instead of the Ipad as she only uses it to play games, email, and surf the net.
All Right Where We Hiding the Gifts This Year?
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